Mailing-package.



M. M. CLARK.

MAILING PACKAGE APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1914.

1,130,889. Patentd Mar. 9, 1915.

To dilic h om it may concern v it known that I, Mrs. TMARGARET M.

manner it. CLARK, or NEWPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAILING-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

v application filed June 26,1914. Serial n. 847,494,

K .ja citizen of the "United States, re-

" fl'sidin'g at'liewport, in the county of Perry and; ate of Pennsylvania, have invented ace-mm n w and juseful Improvements in Mailin rec-keg of whichthe following is its ec' cation.

v sides in the. ei'ovision of a it y. nvent dn relate's-toa package and more particularly to a mailing package.

W The. primary hbject of my inventlon reackage formed of substanti y. stiff materi'al and suitably reinforced for receivingsmall articles for transportation through the mail, the package having novel means formed thereon for -removably holdingthe same in aclosed position.

' Another ohiect df my-invention resides in the provislon of a novel m ih i ackage formed from a blank having nove means associated therewith for removably holding thesame in .afolded position, the holding means being associated with reinforcing means on the body of the blank for facilitatin the efficient use of the package.

a top A urther object 65- my invention resides in the revision of a novel holding means remova ly mounted on the blank and associated with the reinforcing means on the blank for securely holdin a small article within the package form when the blank is folded or assembled. v

A stillfurther object of my invention resides in the provision of a 5 device of the character describedthat is simple in construction, efiicient in operation and one that can be manufactured and placed "on the market at a minimum cost.

Other objects aswell as the nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and f pointed out in the'elaims forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings :Fi'gure 1 is folded; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of my invention folded; Fig; 3 is a top plan view of the blank from which the package is ings in which plan view of my invention when formed-i and Big. 4 is a longitudinal central sectional v ew of my invention when folded.

Referring moreparticularly to the drawdesignatey,li ke or corresponding parts throughout the different views, I provide a substantially triangular blank formed preferably of stiff paper, the blank comprising a substantially triangular bodyl which has extending from the elongated sides thereof slde flaps 2 and 3.. The flaps are of a triangular-shapesimilar to the shape of the body land are foldable on the creases 4 upon the body to provide a package and which'sidewflaps are further provided with transversely. extendingslots 5, the latter bemg arranged adjacent the extremepointed end of the flaps and arranged in spaced parallel relation with the outer side or base of the triangle as clearly shown 'inthedrawngs. The flaps when folded are positioned in alinement and-receive the extreme point-- ed ends of the flaps and body portion, which, when folded on the creases 6 consti tute a tongue 7. In order to close the opposite end. of the package, I have extended a substantially rectangular fla short side of the side flap 3, t e flap having detachably secured therein a metallic locking clip 9 which in this instance consists essentiall of a substantially T-shaped blank 0 bendable metal comprising a tongue 10 and arms 11. The clip is insertible in the parallel spaced slots 12 posi- 8 from the tioned substantially intermediate the ends of the flaps '8 and arranged in parallelism with the sides thereof and which arms are, for the purpose of more securely holding the clip in position, inserted through the slots 13 positioned in arallel spaced relation with the outer end of the flap 8. The slots 13 are placed in registration with the slots 12'by folding theouter corners of the flap 8 on the diagonally extending creases 14 to .form a substantially triangular shaped similar reference numerals flap 15 which is foldable on the crease 16 for facilitating the insertion of the flap into the transversely extending elongated slot 17 arranged in parallel relation adjacent the outer edge of the body.

For the purpose of reinforcing the body when the flap 16- is inserted within the slot 17 and in order to securely hold the triangular flap 15 against accidental displacement from the body, I have disposed upon the inner face of the'body adjacent the open end thereof a reinforcing strip 18, the latter having its side and outer edges arranged in close parallel relation with the side and outer edges of the body and has the inner edge thereof arranged in parallelism with the crease 6 as clearly shown in the drawings. Thestrip 18 is further provided adjacent its outer edge with an elongated slot 19 for registration with the slot 17 in the body with a slot 20 arranged in parallel relation with the slot 19 adjacent the opposite end thereof, the slot 20 registering with the slot 21 in the body and which slots receive the tongue 10 of the metallic clip 9 for securely holding the flap 15 in position.

In assembling the blank to provide the package, said. flap 2 is first folded onthe crease upon the body 1 and the side flap 3 is now folded on the crease 4 upon. the side fiap 2 so that the slots 5 are positioned in alinement whereupon the pointed ends of the side flaps 2 and body lot the substantially isosceles shaped triangle are folded upon the creases 6 to provide a substantial tongue 7 for insertion within the slots for closing one end of the package. The arms 11 of the metallic clip 9 are now inserted in the slots 12 of the flap 8, the outer edges of which are now folded upon the diagonally arranged creases 14- and the arms 11 engaged in the slots 13 for facilitating the securement of the clip in position. The triangular flap 15 is now folded upon the crease' 16 in a direction opposite tothe direction in which the tongue 7 is folded and inserted in fee the alining slots 17 and 19 in the body and strip 18 respectively. In order to securely hold the tongue 15 within the alining' slots- 17 and 19, the tongue 10 of the clip 9 is extended through the slots 20 and 21, in the reinforcing strip and body respectively and bent toward the outer end of the package to constitute a substantial hook for the purpose set forth. a

Although Ihave shown and described the 'preferred embodiment of my invention, I

desire to be understood that I am. not limitedto the exact details shown, however, I desirethat great stress be laid upon the provision of a reinforced blank, the blank'bemg foldable and having novel'means associated with a tongue extending therefrom for securely holding the tongue in a locked position.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it can easily be seen that I have provided a device that is simple in construction containing but a few simple parts that can be cheaply manufactured and assembled and when assembled can be placed upon the market and sold at a minimum cost.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes in detail of construction, proportion and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A wrapper including a triangular body, complemental side flaps extending from the margins thereof and folded upon the body to provide a package, a tongue formed by folding the vertices of the body and. flaps upon themselves, said tongue being insertible in the registering slots in. the flap for closing one end of the package, a rectangulartongue formed on the base of one of said flaps, a metallic clip associated therewith, said rectangular flap being foldable into a triangular form to reinforce said clip, said last mentioned tongue being insertible in a slot in said body, and said clip being locked in the slot in-said body for closing the opposite end of the package. v

2. A wrapper including a triangular body, complemental side flaps extending from the opposite margins thereof and folded upon the body to provide a package, a tongue formed by folding the vertices of said body and side flaps upon themselves, said tongue being insertible'in the registering slots in the flaps for closing one end of the package,

said clip, said last mentioned tongue being- I insertible in one of the registering slots in the body and strip, and said clip being locked in'the other of the slots in the body and the strip for closing the other end of the package.

. 3. I A wrapper including a triangular body,

said flaps extending therefrom and foldable upon the body to'provide a package, means for closing one end of the package, a rectang-ular fiapformed upon one of the side flaps at the opposite end of the package, a

T-shaped metallic flap associated with the rectangular tongue, said clip including oppositely extending arms and a tongue, the

arms being insertible in slots in the rectangular tongue, said rectang il lar tongue be ing foldable into a triangular form and again engageable with the arms of the clip for facilitating the securing of the clip said triangular tongue being in sertible in the slotin the body, and the tongue of said clip being arranged in locked engagement with another slot in the body opposite end of the package. 1

In testimon whereof I aflix my signaturein presence 0 two witnesses.

VMRS. MARGARET M. CLARh- Witnesses:

SILAS W. CLARK, ROBERT W. CLARK.

for closing the 

